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where did this article come from?

yes Rafa was promised money to spend - the figure being "banded" around was approx £25-30m.

from sales rafa hasn't even touched this money ie not spent a bean (Ged).

if the owners have now gone back on their word and are withholding Rafa's promised transfer money then he's every right to be p1ssed. But according to that article he refused to go into detail or point fingers so it hardly a case of washing dirty in public.

He should be professional and keep quiet about the lack of £, doesn't do anyone any good and certainly doesn't entice a tasty spaniard to sign for us if he thinks the club are skint!

Agreed Andred. I have just finished reading Carra`s autobiography and talks about "The Liverpool way" of doing things..... "We`re a very modest club at Liverpool. We don`t talk. We don`t boast. But we`re very professional". It`s what defines us from other clubs but is a way of doing things that has been put at risk over reason seasons with the Yanks and some of Rafa`s outbursts.

I am still unable to locate this article's source... and I think some on here are putting words into Benítez's mouth (jumping on that old bandwagon driven on by punditery)!!!

If he is being quoted correctly, you'll realise he's not moaning at all. This is what he "supposedly" said:

1) "We have to work with the players we have at this moment and keep working with the scouting department."

2)"We had some money but I will not talk about figures. When you talk about the figures I think it is clear. I will not say anything. I don't have the answer. We are working hard with the players we have and the money we have. Always it is difficult to compete in the Premier League with clubs who have MORE money."

3) The Liverpool manager refused to confirm that Hicks and Gillett have revised his transfer budget but admitted he is uncertain as to what he has left to spend. "We will see," he said. "We are talking about these things. We are working always. We try to be ready just in case [we can sign someone], but you never know. It depends on the prices. It is something I have to talk with the club about. We have some ideas and we have to discuss these ideas."

4) Benítez revealed he is seeking improvement within the Liverpool ranks for this season's title challenge, and believes the acquisition of Aquilani will provide greater penetration at home. He explained: "To sign better players than we have now is not easy. If you analyse it you have to spend big, big money to sign these players. We have to manage with the players we have and I am pleased with them and hopefully with the experience of last season they will be better.

To summarize, Rafa is being pretty positive over the whole affair and all he's saying is that he is limited to how much he CAN spend and that it's hard to compete with teams with more money. It's not a moan, it just the plain and simple truth of the matter.

As for Moyes and o'Neil, are they really under the same pressure to deliver? Are their fans' expectations as high as ours? That's not demeaning those clubs, again, it's just the plain and simple truth.

Public outbursts are not the Liverpool way and I agree that when Rafa vented his anger at the board and the owners in the past, (probably out of pure frustration), it was not the correct thing to have done, but I don't think this is the same case at all.

Marko, don't forget the sale of Keane in January. That sales to around 50m.

Yeah, but we lost out on Keane - it's not like we made a profit!

All this will come to a stop whhen we have new investors or owner. Simple as that, until Yanks are here,forget it all man. no new stadium n world class palyers wth thz Yanks.Thats it. I still found bizarre why the thread about 49% has been removed from the forum. Any one can give a valid reason???

ya, but the keane money was still money spent from last summers budget. and it's still a sale of 2009.... the money has to go somewhere.

I think we nearly reached the point of no return under Souness and its been a slow and long recovery ever since.

We have progressed slowly but consistently since that point. Evans improved on Souness, Houllier improved on Evans and Rafa has improved on Houllier.

And we are very nearly there, Rafa has, over time, dramatically improved our team. He has not had the money that Utd, Chelsea and now Man City have had but now we are nearly there. I think we need cover up front and a little more creativity but no team at the moment is without their faults. Rafa has done a great job.

All to play for...

Please tell me again how the Spaniard has improved the team when we have not won anything for three seasons, Even when he did win the Champions League and F.A.Cup the backbone of both teams were with Houllier's players and not his own Big Sami, Riise, Carragher, Hamann, Cisse, Smicer, Baros, Djimi Traore,Steve Finnan and Gerrard. People keep bringing up what the Spaniard has brought into the club but no fan is interested in that all we are interested in is what players he spends his money on and play on the pitch, the only people who are interested in what the Spaniard makes from Sales is George Gillette and Tom Hicks,when are you people going to learn nobody is interested in whats at the bottom of a balance sheet all that counts is whats running around the pitch and he has spent nearly 40 million pound this summer on players he thinks will win us the league.